# 3 Top 10 Hits From 1968 That Every 60s Kid Alive Still Remembers Today

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/3-top-10-hits-from-1968-that-every-60s-kid-alive-still-remembers-today/
- Published: 2026-11-08T01:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-08T01:20:44+00:00
- Original publisher: American Songwriter
- Original article: https://americansongwriter.com/3-top-10-hits-from-1968-that-every-60s-kid-alive-still-remembers-today/
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Three 1968 Top 10 hits remain familiar decades later.
- Warwick initially did not want to record “San Jose”.
- “Touch Me” was The Doors’ only hit from The Soft Parade.

## Summary

The article revisits three songs that reached the US Top 10 in 1968: Dionne Warwick’s “Do You Know the Way to San Jose”, Cream’s “Sunshine of Your Love” and The Doors’ “Touch Me”. It highlights their lasting recognition and the different paths each song took within its performer’s career.

Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote Warwick’s song, which earned her first Grammy despite her initial reluctance to record it; it was later covered by artists including Connie Francis and The Carpenters. Cream’s first Top 10 single, “Sunshine of Your Love”, was written by Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Pete Brown, while “Touch Me”, written by Robby Krieger, was The Doors’ only hit single from their album The Soft Parade.

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